How much does the U.S. import from Malaysia?

Across the 11 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from Malaysia totaled $14.4B in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It counts only the tracked families where Malaysia ranks among the largest named sources.

What tariff rate do imports from Malaysia actually pay?

In 2025, imports from Malaysia paid an effective rate of 3% across tracked families. The rate is calculated duties divided by customs value, which captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and trade-program use that statutory rates cannot. A year earlier the rate was 0.51%.

Is the tariff burden on Malaysia rising or falling?

Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from Malaysia moved +2.5 points year over year to 3% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.

Tariff Monitor

Tariffs on Imports From Malaysia

In 2025, U.S. importers brought in $14.4B of goods from Malaysia across the 11 manufacturing families MFG Calcs tracks, paying an effective tariff rate of 3%, up from 0.51% the year before. Malaysia's largest tracked categories: semiconductors and integrated circuits, switchgear, connectors, and controls, semiconductor and display equipment. Tracked-family totals are a floor on total bilateral trade, from USITC DataWeb data.

The current reading

Tracked imports from Malaysia: $14.4B in 2025 across 11 manufacturing families, a floor on total bilateral trade.
Effective tariff rate paid: 3% (0.51% the year before), calculated duties ÷ customs value.
History depth: 12 years of annual named-source boards.

Largest tracked families from Malaysia

Semiconductors and integrated circuits
Switchgear, connectors, and controls
Semiconductor and display equipment
Batteries and storage cells
Copper semi-finished products

Frequently asked questions

How much does the U.S. import from Malaysia? Across the 11 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from Malaysia totaled $14.4B in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It counts only the tracked families where Malaysia ranks among the largest named sources.
What tariff rate do imports from Malaysia actually pay? In 2025, imports from Malaysia paid an effective rate of 3% across tracked families. The rate is calculated duties divided by customs value, which captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and trade-program use that statutory rates cannot. A year earlier the rate was 0.51%.
What does the U.S. import most from Malaysia? Among tracked manufacturing families, Malaysia's largest recent categories are semiconductors and integrated circuits, switchgear, connectors, and controls, semiconductor and display equipment, batteries and storage cells. Each has its own live rate page linked below.
Is the tariff burden on Malaysia rising or falling? Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from Malaysia moved +2.5 points year over year to 3% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.

About this data

Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling; verify rates with a licensed customs broker before relying on them.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.